Roofing device



July 23, 1935. E. GACH 2,008,952

ROOFING DEVICE Filed Dec. 11, 1954 ATTORNEY Patented July 23, Q 1935UNITED 'STATES ROOFING DEVICE Erich Gach, Chicago, Ill., assignor toBird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass., a corporation of MassachusettsApplication December 11, 1934, Serial No. 756,970

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a roofing device and has to do principallywith the provision of a device and method for blind nailed roofings.

Heretofore blind nailed roofings and the like,

which depend on a viscous asphaltic cement to hold the laps or tabs tothe underlying overlapped portions of the roofings, have had the cementapplied by means of trowels, putty knives or the like with resultantslow and troublesome application, and objectionable variations in thethickness and width of the cement thus applied. With such tools it isnot possible to either pick up and hold any considerable amount ofcement or apply it uniformly. Moreover, because of such lack ofuniformity, in order to secure a watertight lap it has been necessary touse an excess of cement with resultant waste and non-uniformity ofsurface. 7

The present invention concerns a device whereby a considerable quantityof viscous roofing cement may be withdrawn from a can or container ofthe same and then be drawn along over the edge of the roofing adjacentthe edge thereof or wherever it is desired to distribute a stripe ofcement of uniform width and thickness without spilling or any otherapplication of the cement to other than the desired stripe. Other andadditional advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the drawing which shows the preferred form of device and use thereof:Fig. l is a perspective view showing the device in use;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device with the handle broken away;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device of Fig. 2;

and

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawing in which like numerals represent like parts,and particularly to Fig. 1,there is there shown the application of striprolled roofing to a roof structure 2, the strip of a lower course,partly broken away, being indicated at 4 and a strip of an overlyingcourse, also partly broken away, being shown at l 6. Along the upperedge of the lower course I are driven roofing nails 8 which are placedsumciently close to the edge as to be covered by the lower overlappingedge of the course 6, so that the lower cut edge of the course 6overlies and becomes substantially coincident with the lower edge of astripe of cement l0 which is being laid thereon by the roofing devicegenerally designated l2. This device I2 embodies a handle l4 having atone end an enlarged grip portion l6,

and at the other end firmly affixed thereto a cup-like portion havingconverging side and front walls I8, 20 respectively, and being open atthe top as well as the bottom thereof as clearly shown in the figures.The side walls or wings l8 at 5 their lower edges are slightly curved inorder to minimize the chance of the advancing pointed ends catching uponthe roofing material, and the lower edges of the side walls I8 whichconfine the cement at the sides and preferably extend somewhat below thelower or cement-spreading edge 22 of the wall 20 so as to leave saidstraight edge 22 sufiiciently spaced vertically from the roofing as tolay upon the latter the cement in a stripe of the desired thickness. Thethickness can be regulated or varied by slightly raising or lowering theedge 22 as it is pulled along over the roofing, rolling the same on thelower edges of the side walls 88 as desired. In fact, the side wallsneed not extend below the edge 22 in which 20 case, however, the toolmust be so held and moved as to keep the edge 22 vertically spaced fromthe surface of the roofing. The converging shape of the device is avaluable feature in that the same may be readily filled by forcing it inand up against the wall of a cement container, even a relatively smallcontainer as shown at 2 8, which may be as small as a pint size. In thisway the device may be readilyand quickly filled and the outside keptclear of cement because the outside of the converging walls l8 and 20does not contact the mass of cement in the container. Further, becauseof the converging character of the device, the cement does not tend tostick to the same and, in use, the device readily clears itself anddeposits substantially its entire content upon the roof in stripe form.There is thus provided a device which enables one to readily pick up asubstantial quantity of cement and deposit the same in a stripe ofuniform thickness along the desired area of the roofing, usually theedge, so that the cement is uniformly and precisely laid thereon. Theblind nailing is therefore uniformly and completely covered by a stripeof uniform width, the straightly defined lower edge of which stripeforms a sufficiently straight and accurate line as to provide a mark orgauge to which the lower edge of an overlapping course may be laid. Inthis way parallelism between courses is insured for the 50 stripe islaid parallel to the upper edge of an underlying course.

Though the invention has been described primarily with respect to blindnailing and overlapping of courses, it will be appreciated that thedevice is also applicable to the laying oi serrated edge roll roofing,tabs and laps oi strip shingles, side-lapped shingles, fiashings and thelilze.

Having described my invention what I claim l A roofing device forapplying viscous cement in a stripe to roofing, said device embodying ahandle and a portion having cement-retaining side walls and a rear walltogether defining a substantially bottomless cup-like portion secured tosaid handle, said rear wall having a cementspreading after edge betweenthe bottom edges of the other walls of the device.

2. A roofing device for applying viscous cement in a stripe to roofing,said device embodying a handle and a portion having convergingcementretaining side walls and a rear wall together defining asubstantially bottomless cup-like portion secured to said handle, saidrear wall having a cement-spreading after edge connecting the parallelbottom edges of the other walls of the device.

3. A roofing device for applying viscous cement in a stripe to roofing,said device embodying a handle and a substantially bottomless cup-likeportion afiixed thereto, said portion having cement-retaining side wallsand back wall, said back wall having a cement-spreading after edgeofiset above the bottom edges oi the side walls of the device.

4:. A roofing device for applying viscous cement in a stripe to roofing,said device embodying a handle and a portion having convergingcementretaining side walls and a rear wall together defining asubstantially bottomless cup-like por tion secured to said handle, saidrear wall having a straight after edge ofiset above the other bottomedges of the other walls of the device.

5. A roofing device for applying viscous cement in a stripe to roofing,said device embodying a handle and a substantially bottomless cup-likeportion affixed thereto, said portion having converging oement-retainingwalls two of which present parallel bottom edges and a straight afteredge ofiset above and connecting said parallel bottom edges.

6. A roofing device for applying viscous cement in a stripe to roofing,said device embodying a handle and a substantially bottomless cup-likeportion affixed thereto, said portion having converging cement-retainingside walls and back Wall, said back wall having a straight after edgeofiset above the bottom edges of the side walls of the device.

ERICH GACH.

